Manoj Bajpayee, Gautam Gambhir and others were honoured with their Padma Awards on Saturday.

It was on Republic Day this year when the government announced the Padwa Awards. Many known names from Bollywood, sports, business, science and others have been honoured with the awards. There were 112 personalities to be honoured. On March 11, 2019, President of India Ram Nath Kovind presented one Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and forty-six Padma Shri Awards. Now on Saturday, he honoured the remaining personalities. Our Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee was one of them. Our Satya has been honoured with Padma Shri award for his contribution to the Indian cinema.

Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir was also honoured with his Padma Shri award on Sunday. After his name was announced, Gambhir on Twitter wrote, “It’s an honour I accept with gratitude. But it’s an honour which also comes with responsibility. I’m living for the day when Gautam Gambhir the human being beats Gautam Gambhir the cricketer. That will be my day, my award to myself.” Not just Gambhir, other sports personalities who received their Padma Shri awards were Basketball player Prashanti Singh, archer Bombayla Devi Laishram and Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri.